Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Grindeanu (5 December 1973-) was Prime Minister of Romania from 4 January to 29 June 2017, succeeding Dacian Ciolos and preceding Mihai Tudose.

Biography
Sorin Grindeanu was born in Caransebes, Romania on 5 December 1973, and he worked as a mathematician before joining the Social Democratic Party of Romania in 1996 and entering politics in 2012 as a PSD deputy. In 2016, he became President of the Timis City Council, and, in December 2016, party president Liviu Dragnea nominated Grindeanu to form a new government after his party won the general election in a landslide. In early 2017, his government decriminalized certain official misconduct, leading to widespread protests which forced him to resign in June 2017.